Pop hunk Enrique Iglesias had his trademark facial mole removed because he feared it would become cancerous.

The Spanish ESCAPE star shocked fans after first appearing without the blemish earlier this year (03).

Now Enrique has revealed doctors destroyed the mole for health reasons.

He explains, "I went to the doctor in LA to check if it was cancerous. He told me I had nothing to worry about but with time, you don't know.

"So I said I don't wanna have to deal with that. He said it could be removed in 30 seconds, so I told him just to do it - to chop it off."

Enrique, meanwhile, denies rumours he has secretly married former tennis star Anna Kournikova.

He says, "It is funny. You hear all these stories. I've been married, I've had all these love affairs everywhere, I have children that I never met."

20/11/2003 13:41